Song of Iron

nice music, nice dynamics, love theme, but short!

This is one of the most enjoyable games I have played in years hopefully the make a second or a dlc with loads of levels

TLDR: It's...fine. I won't refund to support the creator but I'm glad I'm not supporting them at full price. I'll echo the other reviews - the jank controls are a negative. The visual foreground and background items are nice visually FWIW. Shooting trolls in the head and rolling under them is fun... - ish.

I really wanted to like this game. It was on my wishlist for a while, and I recently picked it up on special. Some people will like it, for sure; the system is interesting; it just... feels unfinished. The controls are clunky and unintuitive, and you constantly get turned around. even the smallest action is telegraphed, and none of the movements blend together in any way --neither animation nor effect-- leading to things like going from a "sprint" to an instant slow walk with your shield up. your melee attack, arguably the core move of this type of game, is ridiculously slow; it looks like they're trying to swing a sledgehammer, not a simple bearded ax. I didn't play long enough to find other weapons, and I won't. Tried playing with both gamepad and KB/mouse, both were just plain bad experiences. The gamepad was even worse because while the keyboard inputs can be customized, you can't remap the gamepad buttons, and the default control layout flies in the face of ergonomics. Action is at the core of the game, and the action stinks. There was so much potential for better gameplay here, but it just wasn't any fun to control. Even the hardest roguelike and souls-like games know that the action needs to be good; that's how you hook your players. Fail.

+1 有中文 有成就 失去（Loss）：村庄化为焦土，挚爱之人永失。 邂逅神明（Meet a God）：激活项链，与索尔相遇。 信仰之跃（Leap of Faith）：并非所有战斗都能取胜，有时你只能纵身跃下悬崖。 漫长黑暗（The Long Dark）：已无退路，你必须穿越哥布林洞穴的漫长黑暗。 哥布林之王（Goblin King）：你已击败哥布林王及其部落，再次沐浴在阳光之下。 下次尽管冲进去！（Throw yourself in next time!）：蠢货！ 破碎之城（The Broken City）：那是你族人传说中的家园，早已失落已久。 山脚之下（Foot of the Mountain）：索尔曾言前路艰险，寒冷的登山之旅就此开启。 众神居所（Home of the Gods）：欢迎来到旅途的终点 —— 众神的居所。 龙焰逃生（Dragon Fire）：穿越火海，逃离巨龙的追击！ 挣脱枷锁（Broken Chains）：枷锁已破，全新的世界在等待着你。 失落花园（The Lost Garden）：发现一处隐秘花园。 不败传说（Undefeated）：奋战至最后一刻，全程未尝一败。

Song of Iron leaves a lot to be desired from it’s unintuitive controls to its combat and its simple puzzles. It does not evolve or provide anything new that hasn’t been seen in similar indie games from over a decade ago. An already short game that I wished was over at the 70 minute mark. The controls are unintuitive easy to get mixed up and accidentally throw your weapon away while you’re trying to fight 3 or more enemies. The game is constantly giving you new upgrades which may make previous upgrades completely redundant most of which you will forget are even at your disposal and only add to the already cluttered feeling control scheme. This game has nothing to say. With an ending twist that undermines the entire game’s theme and confuses you as to why that was the choice that was made. An abrupt ending with an anticlimactic boss fight. The final fight in which the enemy rushed me and I shot him in the head with 1 arrow killing him instantly then the game was over. Visually I think the game is gorgeous had a lovely art direction with lively details in the foreground and background from the look of the trailer the game looked really fun, awesome concept of a viking running through the woods and mountains mowing down enemies. Which is why it saddens me that I was disappointed with this small game.

Jeu d'action-plateforme vue de côté avec une approche un peu souls-like sur le rythme des combats (parades, esquives, animation lourdes, vie qui descend assez vite) mais sans aucun aspect RPG. On incarne un-e guerrier-e nordique en quête de vengeance dans des zones enchaînées linéairement, sur une durée d'environ 3-4h. L'esthétique globale est vraiment le point fort du jeu : les décors et leur mise en scène, les musiques et l'ambiance sonore, le look général du jeu : tout fonctionne très bien. Niveau gameplay, certaines mécaniques sont un peu maladroites et glitchées, ce qui peut amener des situation parfois un involontairement comiques. Cela dit, même si le système de combat est assez basique, il est très satisfaisant d'avancer en taillant dans ses ennemis à base de roulade-coup-roulade-coup en boucle. Le gros point négatif, c'est la traduction française, clairement faite à base d'un outil automatique et qui n'a souvent aucun sens. Elle rajoute un côté nanardesque au jeu, qui le fait basculer définitivement du beau/sérieux vers le drôle. Mon conseil : jouez y en anglais si vous le pouvez. Je modère tout ce que je viens dire en précisant que le jeu vient d'une toute petite équipe (visiblement un solo dev aidé par de la sous traitance pour certains aspects), et en prenant ça en compte : ce jeu est banger. Oui, le jeu est un peu cassé, et oui la trad FR est fauchée, mais le taff est dingue sur la présentation, et les intentions sont là. J'ai vraiment passé 3h très fun, et sans en dire trop, la fin du jeu montre que l'auteur est allé au bout de son idée et s'est fait plaisir !

Fantastic game! I have been wanting to play it for a long time and am happy I finally did. Its short, but as soon as I finished it, I started my New Game+. I just wish I could start over with Thor's Hammer.

As long as you are aware that ... a) it is about 3 hours long (4 hours in my case) ; b) it is *not* super hard combat (decently accessible: you will die a few times still) ; c) it has numerous confusing bugs, but they are cleared when reloading a last checkpoint (which are not too far between each other). I had to watch gameplay videos to know if blockers were bugs or just my mistake. I forgive it and give it a thumbs up anyway because I enjoyed my time, the beautiful visuals and music, the fun ending, and because it was made by a tiny team (one developer, with many artists of course like the composer Will Goss).

La verdad muy piola, cortito, divertido, con cierta dificultad, es esteticamente muy agradable y su paso rapido y sus mecanicas sencillas hacen que puedas pelear y atravesar todo el juego tanto paso a paso como a las corridas. La historia me gustó, el final, meh. Me hace acordar mucho a un juego CASI EXACTAMENTE IGUAL que se llamaba Unto the end creo...